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Burning nerves
two years ago I had a c5/6 fusion and decompression it left me virtually unable to walk after countless tests my consultant is referring me to the pain clinic for nerve burning I had some spinal inj which did relieve the pain but only for a month what's the likelihood the burning will work please if I don't find a solution soon it will be a one way trip to Sweden I fear
I have been a member for a few years tuckamore and philnore are awesome very knowledgeable don't give up there are alot of us living with chronic pain and with good pain management are living a good quality of life I have hernation in my thoracic spine and DDD of the T.spine I took a year off work because the pain was winning found a great doctor that really cared for me and I'm working again so don't give up you have to want to fight you are your best advocate educate yourself on your conditions best of luck to you
Hi Vand,
Welcome to our Pain Management Community. I am sorry to hear to hear that you too suffer with Chronic Pain.
Phil has you some good information and suggestions. I have nothing to add other than don't be discouraged. Fight for your right to have some quality of life. Insist on good pain management. We know that's not always easy but don't give up.
I hope you'll be active in our supportive community. I wish you the very best and look forward to hearing from you again soon. Best of luck.
Take Care,
~Tuck
Welcome to our Pain Management Community. I am sorry to hear to hear that you too suffer with Chronic Pain.
Phil has you some good information and suggestions. I have nothing to add other than don't be discouraged. Fight for your right to have some quality of life. Insist on good pain management. We know that's not always easy but don't give up.
I hope you'll be active in our supportive community. I wish you the very best and look forward to hearing from you again soon. Best of luck.
Take Care,
~Tuck
Without knowing anything about your condition or injections, it is difficult to say whether or not "nerve burning" or neurolysis will be effecting against your pain.
I live with severe spine disease, both cervical and lumbar, and have multiple problems with my spine, and therefore, multiple diagnoses.
In my case and maybe in yours, chronic back pain is a complex syndrome that can involve pain from multiple sources -- osteoarthritis of the vertebral plates, facet joint hypertrophy, spinal stenosis, discogenic pain, and myofacial pain, spondylolisthesis, and other diagnoses with strange names.
For the past 5 years, I've been receiving annual "nerve burning" procedures called medial branch neuotomy, and they are very effective in treating the severe pain originating in my arthritic facet joints.
However, this procedure only removes 50% of my pain, at best. I still live with pain from the other conditions, and for these, I require other therapies, including medication.
If you have facet hypertrophy problem in your lower back (a common source of chronic low back pain), then the injections you received were called facet injections. They are used to test the value of neurolysis.
By the way, hypertrophy is a fancy name for osteo arthritis. Sometimes this condition is called spondylosis.
If the facet injection(s) eliminated your back pain, then the medial branch neurotomy procedures will relieve your pain for a year or more. I hope that these procedures remove a large part of your low back pain.
As we both know, life is miserable with moderate to severe low back pain.
On another note, it is important to know the names of your diagnoses and treatments. Ask your doctor to write them down for you.
Best hopes for the neurotomy procedure.
I live with severe spine disease, both cervical and lumbar, and have multiple problems with my spine, and therefore, multiple diagnoses.
In my case and maybe in yours, chronic back pain is a complex syndrome that can involve pain from multiple sources -- osteoarthritis of the vertebral plates, facet joint hypertrophy, spinal stenosis, discogenic pain, and myofacial pain, spondylolisthesis, and other diagnoses with strange names.
For the past 5 years, I've been receiving annual "nerve burning" procedures called medial branch neuotomy, and they are very effective in treating the severe pain originating in my arthritic facet joints.
However, this procedure only removes 50% of my pain, at best. I still live with pain from the other conditions, and for these, I require other therapies, including medication.
If you have facet hypertrophy problem in your lower back (a common source of chronic low back pain), then the injections you received were called facet injections. They are used to test the value of neurolysis.
By the way, hypertrophy is a fancy name for osteo arthritis. Sometimes this condition is called spondylosis.
If the facet injection(s) eliminated your back pain, then the medial branch neurotomy procedures will relieve your pain for a year or more. I hope that these procedures remove a large part of your low back pain.
As we both know, life is miserable with moderate to severe low back pain.
On another note, it is important to know the names of your diagnoses and treatments. Ask your doctor to write them down for you.
Best hopes for the neurotomy procedure.
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